ALFRED, NY – Alfred University announces the appointment of Jessica Middaugh as chief of Public Safety, effective Jan. 6. Middaugh has been serving as interim chief since Sept. 4.
Middaugh has been on the staff of the Office of Public Safety since 2015, when she was appointed as a full-time officer. As chief, she will oversee a staff of three full-time officers and eight part-time officers, as well as 12 student public safety officers and one office staff.
“I am excited to have Jessica join our team as the new chief of Public Safety,” said Del Rey Honeycutt, interim dean of students at Alfred University. “She is dedicated and has the drive to keep the office moving in a positive direction. In addition, she has a great skill set, as well as the knowledge and care to thrive on a college campus. I truly look forward to working with her in this capacity and supporting her as she embarks on this new journey.”
“I am looking forward to moving the Public Safety department forward and expanding our abilities to better serve the campus and its community,” Middaugh commented. “We have a lot of new plans and trainings in place that are going to grow our department and also allow students and faculty to better interact with us.”
Middaugh’s career in law enforcement began in 2012, as an officer and dispatcher with the Wellsville Village Police Department. In 2015, she was appointed a public safety officer at Alfred University and a year later was hired as a part-time officer with the Andover Village Police Department. She served as a corrections officer with the Allegany County Sheriff’s Department from 2016-18.
She continues to serve on a part-time basis with the Wellsville and Andover police departments and as an animal cruelty investigator with the Allegany County SPCA.
A native of Wellsville, Middaugh graduated from the Chautauqua County Sheriff’s Academy in 2012, and earned an associate’s degree in criminal justice from Jamestown Community College in 2018.
